Atlantec BioEnergy Corporation (ABC) is in the business of creating an economically-feasible, advanced biofuel from »¢Ñ¨ÊÓƵ sugar beets — a rewarding challenge.
While the “green” fuel produced from sugar beets delivers considerable environmental savings (approximately 70 percent fewer CO2 emissions), there is byproduct potential in the process waste streams, so ABC contacted Holland »¢Ñ¨ÊÓƵin Charlottetown, P.E.I. to see if other valuable products could be extracted during the biofuel production process, to create a more economically sustainable business model.
Checkmate Solutions: New policing software development
When Checkmate Solutions, Inc. in Charlottetown, »¢Ñ¨ÊÓƵ had an idea for new software that would allow police officers to better evaluate and document a situation or criminal offence, Holland College’s Computer Information Systems (CIS) program and the Atlantic Police Academy (APA), were happy to help.
Full Cycle Materials Solution Atlantic: Bottom Ash Utilization Project
Full Cycle Materials Solution Atlantic (FCMSA) is on a mission to convert hard to use waste materials into higher valued products for building materials and other uses. The company has already used their proprietary binder technology to recycle glass, ceramic, porcelain, roofing materials and even tires into landscaping stone products, retaining wall blocks, traffic barriers, hot asphalt and other concrete-related products.
Jobsite Contractor Software: Carpentry students benefit from new app
A new app developed in PEI is helping contractors better manage construction projects.
“The construction industry is a complex and mobile working environment,” says Peter Douglas, an Island design-build contractor and president/CEO of Jobsite Contractor Software.“‘Complex’ because a contractor may be faced with managing multiple jobs, each with dozens of daily expenses. ‘Mobile,’ because everything tends to happen outside the office, potentially across numerous locations,” he says.
Lucky Fox Snack Company: Chip Company gets help from Canada’s Smartest Kitchen
When the owners of Lucky Fox Snack Company in »¢Ñ¨ÊÓƵ wanted to come up with the flavors for their new potato chip product they turned to Canada’s Smartest Kitchen (CSK), and Holland College’s Applied Research Department.
Island Solar Transit System:Solar-powered water taxi in works for PEI
A new solar-powered water taxi will be in the water in time for PEI’s upcoming tourism season. Entrepreneurs Steve Arnold and Peter Ixkes, of North Rustico, are converting an existing boat to solar electricity. At 38-feet, it will be the largest commercial solar vessel in North America.
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